Travellers: Sir Edmund Hillary
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Travel Blog on 08 27th, 2010 |
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“My God! We’ve climbed the thing! We’ve done it!” ~ Edmund Hillary Between 1920 and 1952, seven major expeditions had failed to reach the summit of Mount Everest . In 1924, the famous mountaineer George Leigh-Mallory had perished in the attempt. In 1952, a team of Swiss climbers...